Horus

The Legend of Horus

The Eye of Horus

This story takes places in ancient Egypt, on Earth, almost 6000 years ago.

Horus was the god incarnated in the pharaoh. It was based on this that the pharaoh claimed power. Horus is represented as the falcon god. His story begins with his parents Osiris and Isis.

Osiris, Isis, and their brother Seth were all divinities. Osiris was god of vegetation, Isis the goddess of fertility and Seth the god of the desert. Osiris was a "living god", like Horus he was embodied as the pharaoh. When he became pharaoh, he took Isis as his queen. Seth became jealous and murdered Osiris. He cut Osiris' body into pieces and scattered them throughout Egypt. When Isis heard, she took the form of a bird and searched until she found all the parts of his body. After reassembling Osiris' body, she beat her wings and breathed life back into him. Thereafter, Osiris was god of the afterlife.

To avenge his father, Horus fought Seth. After battling for 80 years, Horus was judged victorious by the gods, but he had lost his eye in the battle. The eye was found and returned to him. As a gesture of respect, he gave the eye to his father, Osiris.

The eye of Horus was of significant import in Egyptian writing - used to denote fractions.

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